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SECTION1 CHEMICAL PRODUCT
AND COMPANYIDENTIIICATION
PRODUCTNAME: .....AQUAMATE GRANI.JLAR
CHLORINE:MAINTAIN GRANTJLAR
CHLoRINE
PRODUCT
ID:......
.....4500
sYNol.fYlvIs.,.cALcIUM
IrrPocHLoRITEcAL Hypo cRANuLEs,
, ca(ocl)z
DATE:... .........08-15-97
EDITION:............,,..,3
BALECO INTERNATIONAL INC EMERGENCY PHONE NT'MBERS
32OO
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NORTHBEND. OHIO 45052 24 HOUR PHONE:CHEMTREC:l-800-124-9300
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SECTION 2 COMPOSITION/INFORMATON ON INGREDIENTS
MATERIAI./CAS NUMBER PERCENT
CALC IIjM FTYPOCHLORITE
7778-51-3 >65
NOTE: 6s % AVAILABLE CHLORINE. 3s% INERT INCREDTENTS
(INCLUDES5.5-10%MOISTURE)
SECTION 3 HAZARDOUS
IDENTACATION
EMERGENCY
OVERVIEW:
DANGER!! STRONG O)trDtZINGAGENT! MIX ONLYWm{ WATER. CONTAI\IINATION
MAY CAUSEFIRE
ORE,\GLOSION. NOTADD THISPRODUCT AI.IYDISPENSING
DO TO DEVICECONTAININGREMNAI{TS
OFA}.IYOTTIER
PRODUCT.
PageI of7
BALECO INTT-: 45OOCALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE GRANIJLES.GRANULARCHLORINE pge2of 7
,RECAUTIONS: NOTSWALLOW.
DO SWALLOWING MAY CAUSESEVERINJURY DEATH.DO NOTGETIN
OR
;YES'ON SKIN,ORON CLOTHING.MAY CAUSECHEMCAL BURNS.AVOIDBREATHINGDUST. IRRITATING
.O
NOSE AND THROAT. WASHHANDSAFTERHANDLING. KEEPOUTOFREACHOF CHILDREN.
SECTION
4 FIRSTAID MEASUR"ES
NHALATION: MOVE PERSONTO FRESHAIR IF NOT BREATHING. GIVE ARTIFICIAL
RESPIRATION.PRE.
ERABLY MOUTH.TGMOUTH. IF BREATHING IS DIFFICT]LT, GIVE OXYGEN. CALL A PIIYSICIA}I.
IYE/SKIN CONTACT: IN CASEOF CONTACT, IMMEDIATELY FLUSHEYES AND
SKIN WITI{ PLENTY OF WATER
;OAP AI.ID WATER FOR SKT$ FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES. WHILE REMOVING
CONTATVTINATED CLOTHING
ND SHOES.FOR EYE CONTACT, GET IMMEDI,ATE MEDICAL ATTENTION. IF SKIN IRRITATION
OCCURS,
iETMEDICAL ATTENTION.
llcEsrloN: IF SwALLowED, crvE AT LEAsr 3{ cLAssEs oF WATE& Btrr Do NoT INDUCE
VOMITING. Do
IOT GIVE AITYTHINC BY MOUTHTO AN I.JNCONSCIOUS COI.ryULSING PERSON.
OR GET MEDICAL ATTENTION.
OTES TO PHYSICIAN: TREAT SYMPTOMATICALLY.
ECTION5 FIRE F'IGHTING MEASTIRf,S
LASH POINT: NONE.
UISEING Mf,DIA: WATERONLY. SMOTFIERINGINEFFECTIVE-PRODUCTSI,JPPLIES
OWNOXYGEN.
I,AL TIRE FIGHTING PROCEDURES: PRODUCTDECOMPOSES IEO"CRELEASING
AT OXYGEN cAS.
AINER MAY RI.JPTURE.FIRE FIGHTERS MUST WEAR MOSH APPROVED,PRESSUREDEMAND, SELF.
AINEDBREATHINGAPPARATUS
WITH FULLFACEPMCEFORPOSSIBLE
E)(POSURE HAZARDOUS
TO
CTION 6 ACCIDENTAL RELEASE MEASURES
TION TO BE TAIGN IF MATERIAL IS RELEASED OR SPILLED: USE EXTREIVIECAUTION IN
HANDLING SPILLED
'TERI,AL. CONTAMINATION WITI{ ORGANIC OR COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL MAY CAUSE FIRE
OR VIOLENT
:COMPOSITION. IF FIRE OR DECOMPOSMON OCCURSIN AREAOF SPILL. IMMEDIATELY
DOUSEWIIH PLENTY OF
ATE& OT}TERWISE,SWEEPUP ALL VISIBLE MATERIAL USING A CLEAN, DRY SHOVEL AND
BROOM AI{D DISSOLVE
TERTAL IN WATER SPILLED MATERIAL THAT HAS BEEN SWEPTUP AND DISSOLVED TNWATER
SHOULD BE
dEDIATELY IN THE NORMAL APPLICATION FOR WHICH THIS PRODUCT IS BEING CONSI.'MED.
SAFE HANDLING AND STORAGE
UTIONS TO BE TAKEN DURING EANDLING AND STORAGE: STOREIN A COOL. DRY,
WELL-IyENTILATED
KEEP IN OzuGINAL CONTAINER KEEP CONTAINER CLOSED WHEN NOT IN USE. KEEP AWAY
FROM IIEAT,
ARKS, FLAMES, DTRECTSUNLIGTIT,AND OTHER SOURCES HEAT, INCLUDING LIGHTED
OF TOBACCO
'f
BALECOINT'L: 45OO
CALCTUM
HYPOCHLOzu.IE
GRAI.IULES.GRANULARCHLoRINE page of ?
3
TOBACCO PRODUCTS. ONLY A CLEAN.DRYSCOOP
USE MADEOFMETAL ORPLASTICEACHTIME PRODUCT IS
IAKEN FROMTHECONTAINER DO NOTADDTHISPRODUCT AI.TY TO DISPENSING
DEVICECONTAINING REM.
NAT.ITS AhIYOTHER
OF PRODUCT.SUCH USEMAY CAUSE VIOLENTREACTIoNLEADINGTo FIREoR EXPLoSIoN.
ADDTHISPRODUCT ONLYTO WATER MAY CAUSE FTRE E)(PLOSION MDGD WTII{ OT}IERCHEMCALS.
OR IF
flRE MAY RESTJLT CONTAMNATED
IF WITHACIDSOREASILYCOMBUSTIBLE MATERIALSSUCH OIL, KEROSENE,
AS
GASOLINE. PAJNTPRODUCTS AND MOSTORCANIC MATERIALS.DO NOTREUSE CONTAINER RESIDUALMATERIAL
REMAINING TTIEEMPTYCONTAINER
TN CA}I REACT CAUSE
TO FIRE. THOROUCHLY FLUSHEMPTYCONTAINER WTII{
WATERTTTEN DESTROY PLACING TRASH
BY IN COLLECTION.DONOTCONTAMINATE WATER.FOOD,ORFEED BY
ITORAGE ORDISPOSAL.
'ECTION8 EXPOSURE
CONTROLS/
PERSONAL
PROTECTION
D)WOSURE LIMITS:
I-HOURTIME WEIGHTED
AVERAGE
(TWA); IS-MINUTE
SHORT
TERME>ceOSURE
LIMIT (STEL).
)sHA: No occuPATIoNAL LtMlrs HAVEBEENEsrABLrslIEDBy osHA.
ICGIH: No occLJPATIoNALLIMITSHAVEBEENESTABLTSHED ACGIH.
By
(IPEL): lMc/CU.M. TwA 2 MG/CU.M.
PPG STEL
NONEREQUREDUNLESS
DUSTYCONDTTIONS ENCOUNTERED.
ARE
SPIRATORY PROTECTION:TF DUSTYCONDITIONS ENCOI.JNTERED. MosH APPRovED
ARE USE
SPIRATOR WTTHACID GASCARTRIDGEAND DUSTPREFILTERTHERESPIRATORY LIMTATIONS
USE
BY THEMOSHORTFIEMANI.JFACTURER MUSTBE OBSER\iED.
RESPIRATORY
PROTECTION
PROGRAMS
BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH29CFRI9IO.I34.
ECTwE GLOVES:NATURALORSYNTI{ETICRUBBER
YE AND FACE PROTECTION: CHEMICAL SAFETYGOCGLES.
IER PROTf,CTIYE EQUIPMENT: BOOTS,APRONS, C}IEMICAL SUITSSHOT.JLD USEDwHEN NECES.
OR BE
Y TO PREVEI.ITSKIN CONTACT. PERSONALPROTECTM CLOTHING AND USE OF EQUIPMENT MUST BE
{ ACCORDAI'{CE WTIH 29 CFR 1910.132
(GENERALREQLJIREMENTS),.133
( EyE A}ID FACE PROTECTION),
A}.tD
38([{AND PROTECTIOI.D.
PHYSICAL AND CAEMICA.L PROPNRTIES
PROPERTY VALUE
BOILINGPOINT: DECOMPOSES I8O'C
AT
VAPOR DENSITY: N/A
SPECIFIC
GRAVITY(WATER=I): N/A
BALECO INT',L: 4sOO-CALCIUMHYPOCHLORITEGRANULES-GRAI.IULARCHLORINE page4 of 7
pH: ALKALINE
FREEZINC/'IT,TELTINGINT :
PO N/A
SOLUBTLITY (WT.% rN WATER): 2t7G/L@27C
BULK DENSITY: 65{7 LBS./CU.FT
VOLUME% VOLATILE: N/A
VAPORPRESSURE: N/A
EVAPORATION RATE: N/A
REATOF SOLUTION: SLIGHTLYEXOTHERMIC
PHYSICALSTATE: POWDER
ODOR: SLIGHTCHLORINE
COLOR: WHITE
ECTION IO STABILITY ANDRtrACTTYITY
TABILITY: UNSTABLE ABOVE 177"C.
IAZARDOUS POI,YMERIZATION: wrLL NOT OCCUR.
NCOMPATTBILTTY(CONDTTTO NS/MATERIALSTO AVOID):
]ONTAMINATION. EXCESSIVEHEAT ABOVE 177"C. ACIDS. COMBUSTIBLEMATERIALS.
ORGANICS.
TEDUCINGAGENTS. STOREIN DRY AREA TO AVOTDMOISTURECONTACT.
IAZARDOUSTHERMAL DECOMPOSITON/COMBUSTION
PRODUCTS:
.CIDORAMMONIACONTAMINATION WILL RELEASE
TO,\OC
GASES.EXCESSIVEHEATWILL CAUSE
RESULTTNG Tr{E RELEASE OXycEN A}rD CHLORTNE
rN OF cAS.
IECOMPOSTTTON
CTION II TOXICO LOGICAL INFORIUATION
INHALATION LCSO: (RAT) NO MORTALITY AT 3.s MG/L (l HOUR). TRRTTATTNG
DERTVIALLDSO: (RABBIT) >IOOO
MG/KG. SLIGHT TO VERY LOW TO)ilCITY.
IRRITATION: SEVERELY IRRITATING
E IRRITATIONL: CORROSIVE.
ORAL LDSO: AAD 85OMG/KG.SLIGFTT VERY LOW TOXCITY.
TO
RONICEFFECTS/CARCINOGENICITY: PRODUCT NOTLISTEDAS A CARCINoGEN sUSPEcTED
THIS IS oR
R.CINOGEN NTP.IARC. OSHA.
BY OR
EDICAL CONDITIONSAGGRAVATED: NONEKNOWN.
OF OVEREXPOSURE:
WE:
RALI\TION: IM{ALATION OF CALCIUM I{YPOCHLORITE DUST AND DEPOSITIONOF PARTICLES
TNTHE
:SPIRATORYTRACT CAN LEAD TO IRRITATION OF THE TISSUEAND CAUSE A VARIETY
OF EFFECTS. THESE
BALECOINT'I-: 4000 CALCIUMHYPOCHLORITE
GRANULES-GRAI{ULAR
CITLORINE page of 7
5
IFFECTSARE DEPENDENT ON CONCENTRATIONAND INCLUDE: UPPERRESPIRATORY
TRACT IRRITATIoN, NA,SAL
:ONGESTION' COUGHING. SORETHROAT, LARYNGITIS AND SHORTNESS BREATH.
OF IN OPERATIONSWHERETHERE
IRE IIIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF RESPIRABLEPARTICLLATES. PULMONARY
EDEMA (FI-UD rN THE LuNc) MAy BE
'RODUCED. IF NOT TREATED
IMMEDIATELY, PULMONARY EDEMA CAN BE LIFE THREATENING. SINCE THIS
,RODUCTIS IN FORM
PARTICLES OF RESPIRABLESIZE ARE NOTT
GENERALLY ENCOT.JNTERED.
]YE/SKIN: CALCIITM HYPOCHLORITE IS CORROSIVETO TIIE EYES. CONTACT
OF CALCIUM }TTPOCHLORTTE DUST
ilTrH THE E|ES' EVEN A MINUTE AMOUNT FOR A SHORTDLJRATION CAN CAUSE
SEVEREIRRITATION AND E\1EN
|LINDNESS.CONTACT WITH THE SKIN MAY CAUSE SEVEREIRRTTATION, BURNS,
OR TISST'EDESTRUCTION. IN
TUDIES UTILTZINGRABBITS, T}TESKIN IRRITATION SCORE WAS E/SAND TI{E EYE IRRITATION SCOREW.dS98.5/IIO.
NGESTION: CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE. SWALLOWED,CAUSES
IF SEVEREBURNSTO TTIEDTGESTI\rETRACT AI{D
:A}I BE FATAL.
IHRONIC:
;ENOTOXICITY: CALCTUMFTYPOCHLORITE PRODUCEDPOSITI\M RESPONSES IN.WTRO ASSAYSUSING
IN
|ACTERI.ALSYSTEMS(THE AMES TEST) AND CHROMOSOMALABERRATIONSIN
CHINESE IIAMSTERFIBROBLASTS.
v A WHOLE ANIMAL E)GERIMENT (MOUSEMICRONUCLEUSIEST), EIcpOSLIP鈧瑂RAI.rcINc
FROM 20 To 160Mc/r(c
RODUCED NO COMPOUND RELATED CHROMOSOMALABNORMALITIES.
:ARCINOGENISIS:
ALTHOUGH STTJDY BEENCONDUCTED
NO HAS WITI{CALCII.]M
HYPOCHLORITE,
THE
:ARCINOGEMCPOTENTIAL SODIUM
OF HYPOCHLORITE STUDIED F344RATS. AFTERIO4WEEKS
WAS IN OF
WATERCONTAIMNGIJPTO 2OOO SODITJM
PPM F{TPOCHLORI'IE,
THEREWASNO EVIDENCETHAT THIS
PRODUCEDANY CARCINOGEMCRESPONSE. ADDMON, THISE)(POSURE NCrt RESULT A}IY
IN DID IN
EFFECTS BLOOD,CLTMCAL
IN CHEMISTRY. OTIIERTARGET
OR ORGANS.
OF TI{E MAIOR USESOF CALCII,]M HYPOCHLORITE IS AS A SOURCEOF CHLORINE FOR WATER SAI{TTTZATIONIN
IKING AND RECREATIONAL WATER STUDIESHAVE BEEN CONDUCTEDTO DETERMINE TI{E LONG.TERM
OFCHLORINATED
DRINKINGWATER SEVEN GENERATIONS RATSWEREGI\iEN IOO
OF PPMCHLORINE IN
DRINKINGWATER NO DIFFERENCE FERTILITY,GROWTEBLOOD
TN PARAMETERS, SPECIFIC
OR ORGAI\T
ITY WASOBSERVEDBETWEEN CONTROL
AND E}GOSED A}IIMALS. TWOSEPARATEANIMAL STUDIES
BY DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT AGENCIESDETERMINED THAT THE CHLORTNATIONOF MI'MCIPAL
WATERDID NOT RESTJLT TO)CCITY TIIE DEVELOPINC
IN TO MOUSEFETUS.
HANDLTNG OF T}NS MATERIAL ON A LONG-TERM BASIS SHOULDEMPHASIZE MINIMIZING REPEATED
DGOSI.JRES.
ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION
LOGICAL INFORMATION:
Y TO)OC TO AQUATIC LrFE. l0-l ppM (FISH)96-HOURTLM LC50.
EALECO INT'L: 45OOCALCIUM HYPOCHLORITEGRANI.JLES-
GRANULAR CHLORINE page of7
6
ECTION13 DISPOSAL
CONSIDERATIONS
TISPOSALMETHOD:
PILLED MATERIAL THAT T{ASBEEN SWEPTUP AND DISSOLVED IN WATER SHO{.JLD
BE USED IMMEDIATELY IN TI{E
ORMAL APPLICATION FOR WHICH THIS PRODUCTIS BEING USED. IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE,
CAREF{.JLLY
EIJTRALIZE DISSOLVED MATERIAL BY ADDING HyDROGEN PEROXTDE (ONE PINT OF 3s% HYDROGEN PERO)qDE
OLUTION PER POUND OF CALCIUM FITPOCHLOzuTE BE NEUIRALzIilITIIEN
TO DILUTE Tlm NEUTRALTzFD
IATERIAL WITH PLENTY OF WATER AND FLUSHTO SEWER. NOTE: ONLY PROPERLY
NEUTRALIZED MATERIAL
HOI]LD BE FLUSFTED SEWER. IJNNEUTRALZED MATERIAL CAN CAUSE EMIRONMENTAL
TO DAMAGE TO
ECEIVINC WATER OR CAN INTERFEREWITTI TREATMENT PLANT OPERATION. FOR
ON.SITE NEUTRALIZATION,
AREFULLY AI{D SLOWLY POUR T}IE APPROPzuATE QUANTITY OF 35% F{YDROGEN PERO)ODESOLUTION O\IER ALL
PILLED MATERIAL THEN FLUSH AREA WITH PLENTY OF WATER. CARE MUST BE TAKEN WHEN
USING OR DISPOSING
F CFIEMICAL MATERIALS AND/OR TI{EIR CONTAINERSTO PREVENT E}.NTIRONMENTAL
CONTAMINATION. IT IS
OUR DUTY TO DISPOSEOF THE CI{EMICAL MATEzuALS AND/OR TT{EIRCONTAINERSIN ACCORDAI{CE
WIIII THE
LEAN AIR ACT. THE CLEAN WATER ACT, THE RESOURCE CONSERVATIONAND RECOVERY ACT, AS WELL AS AI\iy
rTHERRELEVANT FEDERAL" STATE, OR LOCAL LAWS/REGI.JLATIONS
REGARDINGDISPOSAL.
CRA:
IASTE CALCIUM TTYPOCHLOzuTE
THAT IS NEUTRALIZED AND CONTAMINATED SOILSA4ATERIALS FROM SPILL
LEANUP ARE D00l HAZARDOUSWASTE AS PER40 CFR 261.21(AX4) AND MUST BE DTSPOSED ACCORDINGLY
OF
NDERRCRA.
TRANSPORTATION INF'ORMATION
DOT DESCRIPI'ION:
OPER SHIPPING NAME: CALCTUMI{YPOCHLORITE.
FTYDRATED
ZARI) CLASS: 5.1 (O)flDIZER)
ENTIHCATION NUMBER: UN2880
CKING GROIIP: tI
ABLE QUANTITY: l0 LBS. 4.sKG.
/
CTION15 REGULATORY
IN['ORMATION
TSCA: THIS PRODUCTIS LISTED ON TI{E TSCA II.ft/ENTORY.
EINECS; THIS PRODUCTIS LISTED ON EINECS.
ADA DSL: THIS PRODUCT LISTEDONT}IE CANADIANDSL.
IS
AICS: THIS PRODUCTIS LISTED ON AICS
ECL: THIS PRODUCTIS LISTED ON ECL.
AIY MITI (ENCS):THIS PRODUCTtS LISTED ON MIfi.
TITLE ITI:
(3I I, 312)HAZARDCLASS:
ACUTETIEALTH
HAZARD.REACTIVE
HAZARD.FIREHAZARD.
(313)CIfiMICALS:NOTLISTED.
INTL: 4500 cALctuM HLPocHLoRrrE GRANULES-
GRANLJLAR
CHLORINE
sEcrIoN 302:
Nor LISTED AN EXTREMELY
As rrAzARDous
suBsrANcE.
RCLA HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE:LISTEDIN TABLE302..1 10CFR
OF PART302As A HAzARDoUsSTIBSTANCE
IH A REPORTABLE
QUANTITYOF l0 PouNDS. RELEASES An, LAND ORWATERWHrCH
TO EXCEED mE RQ
BE REPORTED T}IE NATIONAL RESPONSE
TO CENTER 800.{2.1-8802.
S PRODUCTIS REGISTEREDWITH EPA AS A PESTICIDE
OTHER INFORMATION
ER INFORIVTATION:
DzuNKING WATER TREATMENT CTIEMICALS LISTING -BALECO CALCITJMTTYPOCHLORITE CERTIFIED FOR
IS
SMUM USE AT 46MG/T.UNDERANSI/NSFSTANDARD60.
E FOLLOWNG HAS BEEN REVISEDSINCE TI{E LAST ISSI'E OF TFtrSMSDS:
'TE. EDlrIoN. MSDS HAS BEEN REFORIVIATTED
INTO 16 sEcrroNs.
VIOUSREVISIONDATE: 0841-e4
?REVIOUS
EDITIONNUMBER: 02
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